Japan coach Javier Aguirre also called up Mainz striker Shinji Okazaki, Cordoba forward Mike Havenaar, and three uncapped players - J-Leaguers Gen Shoji, Tsukasa Shiotani, and Yu Kobayashi - as he looks for his first win since taking over from Alberto Zaccheroni.

Kagawa missed Japan’s first two games under Aguirre because of a concussion.

“I would like to see him (Kagawa) in the center of a 4-3-3 formation,” Aguirre said on Wednesday. “That is where he played in the beginning at Dortmund.”

Japan plays Jamaica in Niigata on Oct. 10, and Brazil in Singapore four days later.

It has two more friendlies before beginning the defense of the Asian Cup in Australia in January; Honduras in Toyota on Nov. 14, and Australia in Osaka on Nov. 18.